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The Moon on Friday, January 20, 1984: Waning Gibbous, 94% lit

Waning · 94.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 26°

Moon age

17.3days

Moon phase on January 20, 1984Waning Gibbous

Friday 20 January 1984359,863 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 20, 1984, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 94.5% of its visible face lit, 17.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

94.5%Illumination at noon UTC
17.3 dMoon age
359,863 km223,608 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (26°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 20, 1984 is on Wednesday, January 18, 1984 at 14:05 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 1, 1984 at 23:47 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, January 18, 198414:05
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, January 25, 198404:48

The Moon around January 20

More about this date

Friday, January 20, 1984 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 3, 1984 to the new moon of February 1, 1984, a cycle of 29.77 days.